John Bennett

May 08, 1928 - Apr 11, 2005 (76 years old) in Beckenham, Kent, England, UK

John Bennett was educated at Bradfield College in Berkshire, then trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama, followed by a wide repertory theatre experience including Bromley, Bristol Old Vic, Dundee, the Edinburgh Festival and Watford before going to London's West End.

Often cast as a villain, Bennett had many roles on television including Market in Honey Lane, Porridge, Survivors, The Avengers, Strange Report, Bergerac, The Professionals and four episodes of The Saint. Description above from the Wikipedia article Terence Alexander, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Doctor Who

Li H'sen Chang

The Avengers

Sykes

Crown Court

No Hiding Place

The Bill

Tales of the Unexpected

Royden

Waking the Dead

Professor George Rosenthal

Sunday-Night Play

Zagornetz

Heartbeat

Terence Young

Jake and the Fatman

Credits

The Ties That Bind Us 2008

Chang Lee (archive footage)

★ NR
Rome 2005

Elderly Priest

★ 8.3
New Tricks 2004

★ 7.3
Seven Wonders of the Industrial World 2003

★ 6.6
Chaos and Cadavers 2003

Mr Resurrection

★ 5.8
The Pianist 2002

Dr. Ehrlich

★ 8.4
Minority Report 2002

Adulation #4

★ 7.3
Not 360 2002

Actor

★ NR
Armadillo 2001

Father

★ NR
Waking the Dead 2001

Professor George Rosenthal

★ 7.3
Breathtaking 2000

Mr. Henshaw

★ 3
Bridge of Dragons 1999

The Registrar

★ 5.5
Jonathan Creek 1997

Frank Geiger

★ 7.5
The Fifth Element 1997

Priest

★ 7.6
Alien Nation: Millennium 1996

Officer Laskau

★ 5
Priest 1995

Father Redstone

★ 6.3
Kangaroo Man 1995

Doctor

★ NR
Cadfael 1994

Lazarus the Leper

★ 7.3
Split Second 1992

Dr Schulman

★ 5.9
Heartbeat 1992

Terence Young

★ 7
Mulberry 1992

The Stranger

★ 7.2
Sherlock Holmes and the Leading Lady 1991

Sigmund Freud

★ 5.1
Murder Most Horrid 1991

DCI Graham Barlow

★ 6.6
The War That Never Ends 1991

Corcyran Representative

★ NR
Needle 1990

Chief Constable

★ 10
Antonia and Jane 1990

Uncle Irwin Carlinsky

★ 5.5
Saracen 1989

Nugent

★ 5
The Tenth Man 1988

Jules

★ 6.8
Franz Kafka's 'The Trial' 1988

Chaplain / Father

★ NR
The Modern World: Ten Great Writers 1988

Chaplain / Father

★ NR
Jake and the Fatman 1987

★ 6
Miss Marple: Sleeping Murder 1987

Richard Erskine

★ NR
Tai-Pan 1986

Orlov

★ 5.2
Miss Marple 1984

Richard Erskine

★ 8.4
Give My Regards to Broad Street 1984

Mr. Rath

★ 4.7
The Bill 1984

★ 6.7
Hunter 1984

Uniform Officer

★ 7.2
The Cleopatras 1983

Philocles

★ 3
The Plague Dogs 1982

Don (voice)

★ 7.9
Bergerac 1981

Aaron Rosenbaum

★ 6.6
Eye of the Needle 1981

Kleinmann

★ 6.7
The Mirror Crack'd 1980

Barnsby ("Murder at Midnight")

★ 6.1
The Dybbuk 1980

Messenger

★ NR
Pews 1980

Liftchick

★ NR
The House on Garibaldi Street 1979

Aaron Lazar

★ 5.5
Tales of the Unexpected 1979

Royden

★ 6.7
Watership Down 1978

Captain Holly (voice)

★ 7.2
Lillie 1978

★ 8.2
Return of the Saint 1978

Colonel Ramon Perrez

★ 7
Return Fare 1978

Dr Robbins

★ NR
The Greek Tycoon 1978

Servant

★ 5.5
Blake's 7 1978

Coser

★ 7.2
The Professionals 1977

Inspector Truitt

★ 7.4
Anna Karenina 1977

★ 5.8
1990 1977

★ 6
Doctor Who: The Talons of Weng-Chiang 1977

Li H'sen Chang

★ 8.4
The Face of Darkness 1976

Inquisitor & Psychiatrist

★ NR
I, Claudius 1976

★ 7.8
The Shadow-Line 1976

★ 6
The Message 1976

Salool

★ 7.2
Survivors 1975

Jim

★ 7.9
Porridge 1974

Medical Officer

★ 8.1
Fall of Eagles 1974

Georges Clemenceau

★ 6.8
Doctor Who: Invasion of the Dinosaurs 1974

General Finch

★ 6.8
Hitler: The Last Ten Days 1973

Joseph Goebbels

★ 6.1
The House in Nightmare Park 1973

Patel

★ 6.7
Anything Can Happen 1973

Geoff Bridges

★ NR
The Edwardians 1972

Frank Harris

★ 5.7
Crown Court 1972

★ 5.4
Henry VIII and His Six Wives 1972

Wriothesley

★ 5.8
Fathers and Sons 1971

★ NR
Brett 1971

★ 5
The House That Dripped Blood 1971

Detective Inspector Holloway (segment "Framework Story")

★ 6.3
Strange Report 1969

Jack White

★ 6.5
The Main Chance 1969

Raul Ramira

★ 7.7
The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder 1969

Lew Kohl

★ 5
The Syndicate 1968

Dr. Singh

★ 4
The Forsyte Saga 1967

Philip Bosinney

★ 8.2
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum 1966

Pseudolus' mark

★ 6
Kaleidoscope 1966

Poker Player

★ 4.9
Softly, Softly 1966

★ 5
The Alphabet Murders 1965

Waiter (uncredited)

★ 5.7
Detective 1964

★ NR
Doctor Who 1963

Li H'sen Chang

★ 7.9
Lorna Doone 1963

★ 5
The Barber of Stamford Hill 1963

★ NR
Lawrence of Arabia 1962

Arab Sheik (uncredited)

★ 8
The Saint 1962

Muller

★ 7.3
The Pirates of Blood River 1962

Penal Colony Guard (uncredited)

★ 6.2
Crooks Anonymous 1962

Thomas

★ 6.3
Postman's Knock 1962

Pete

★ 4.3
Z-Cars 1962

★ 7
Sir Francis Drake 1961

Tomas

★ 4.5
Victim 1961

Undercover Detective (uncredited)

★ 7.5
The Avengers 1961

Sykes

★ 7.7
Sunday-Night Play 1960

Zagornetz

★ NR
The Challenge 1960

Spider

★ 5.3
A Taste of Money 1960

★ NR
No Hiding Place 1959

★ 3.7
Dixon of Dock Green 1955

Victor Lane

★ 5.3
The Wonderful World of Disney 1954

★ 7.8
Hallmark Hall of Fame 1951

Jules

★ 8.6